Remediating the MMIW Report
Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2019 12:02 pm
Here are a couple of questions from one of our awesome image operators! I'll put in my two cents worth, but please feel to elaborate or correct anything.
Q: When I see background pictures that have random words or part of words, the text description feature picks up some of the text automatically, so do I leave this in? I have been classifying these background images as decorative.
A: Yes, when you classify an image as decorative, you can safely leave the random text in the Description box. Alternative text is not preserved for decorative images, so any text in the Description box won't be saved anyway.
Q: Also some of the picture captions have names of people's names. I have been putting their names in the descriptions under important images.
A: It's best to only describe information that is present in the picture. So while saying "Mr. Jones stands with his family" isn't wrong, it is more helpful to describe the scene objectively. "A tall gray-haired man stands with two children in an oak-paneled office," for example, would be much more descriptive.
Thank you for these great questions, let's keep this discussion going! Your descriptions continue to amaze and impress me - we have such fabulous talent working on this!
Q: When I see background pictures that have random words or part of words, the text description feature picks up some of the text automatically, so do I leave this in? I have been classifying these background images as decorative.
A: Yes, when you classify an image as decorative, you can safely leave the random text in the Description box. Alternative text is not preserved for decorative images, so any text in the Description box won't be saved anyway.
Q: Also some of the picture captions have names of people's names. I have been putting their names in the descriptions under important images.
A: It's best to only describe information that is present in the picture. So while saying "Mr. Jones stands with his family" isn't wrong, it is more helpful to describe the scene objectively. "A tall gray-haired man stands with two children in an oak-paneled office," for example, would be much more descriptive.
Thank you for these great questions, let's keep this discussion going! Your descriptions continue to amaze and impress me - we have such fabulous talent working on this!